Syriza, New Democracy neck and neck

Greece’s two dominant politicians, Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras and his conservative rival Vangelis Meimarakis, have ruled out working together in coalition if they win Sunday’s election
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Alexis Tsipras, 41: Left-wing Syriza party leader and premier from January to August

Vangelis Meimarakis, 61: Picked as New Democracy’s caretaker leader when most in party assumed they had no chance of winning power
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep

0 10 20 30 40 50

Voting intention: Syriza
Jan 25, 2015: Syriza wins 149 out of 300 seats in election 36.3 47.6 47.8 45.6 45.0 45.6  Aug 20: Tsipras resigns and calls snap elections 29.6 31.6*

New Democracy
27.8 20.0 21.1 20.9 Jun 5: Meimarakis named New Democracy leader 21.4 22.6 30.4 31.6*

*Metron Analysis polls. Most recent of 1,300 respondents between September 10-14 for Antenna1 TV. Margin of error: ±2.7%. No data for May
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Pictures: Associated Press

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